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New York State may close Nassau OTB on Roman Catholic Palm Sunday in preference to Greek Orthodox Palm Sunday?
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Day at the Races: November 10
Day at the Races
By Jerry Bossert / NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
Friday, November 9, 2012, 6:51 PM
Hurricane Sandy also left her mark on the Breeders’ Cup.
Total wagering on the two-day event last week totaled $144,272,332, which was down 7% from the 2011 total of $155,525,947.
According to Breeders’ Cup officials, declines from the East Coast totaled more than $9 million, as wagering sites in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia were off by 29% compared to last year.
“While numerous factors come into play in analyzing wagering totals, it is apparent that the effects of the storm suppressed handle from what are traditionally strong areas of the country,” said Ken Kirchner of Falkirk International, a wagering and simulcasting consultant to Breeders’ Cup. “New York was especially hard hit as NYRA was off $1.4 million (26%), Nassau OTB was down $1 million (56%), Yonkers down 50%, Suffolk OTB down (39%) and Catskill OTB down 38%.”
Still, the Breeders’ Cup was a hit in prime time for the first time on NBC, earning a rating final of 2.0, nearly double the Classic hour rating in 2011.
On Wednesday, the new NYRA chairman David Skorton, president of Cornell University, announced that all NYRA board meetings will be open to the public, the first to take place in Manhattan in December on a date not yet announced.
Overdriven, the once promising 2-year-old colt owned by St. John’s graduate Mike Repole, was bad in his return, finishing fourth in the $75,000 Mr. Nasty Stakes won by Sage Valley ($4.40). Overdriven won the first two starts of his career, including a four-length victory in the July 24, 2011, Sanford Stakes, before being sidelined with a variety of injuries.
Shackleford, the 2011 Preakness winner, will start one more time before he is retired — in either the Nov. 23 Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs or the Nov. 24 Cigar Mile at Aqueduct. “We’ve got to give him one more chance to go out a winner,” trainer Dale Romans said. Shackleford stumbled badly at the start of the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile before tiring to seventh.
TRIPPED UP: It’s been over a year since Genting opened the Racino at Aqueduct, which has been generating more money than Atlantic City, yet the roof on the race-track side of the facility is still leaking. more money than Atlantic City, yet the roof on the race-track side of the facility is still leaking. Garbage cans were collecting water throughout the facility on Friday.
Total wagering on the two-day event last week totaled $144,272,332, which was down 7% from the 2011 total of $155,525,947.
According to Breeders’ Cup officials, declines from the East Coast totaled more than $9 million, as wagering sites in Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, Maryland and West Virginia were off by 29% compared to last year.
“While numerous factors come into play in analyzing wagering totals, it is apparent that the effects of the storm suppressed handle from what are traditionally strong areas of the country,” said Ken Kirchner of Falkirk International, a wagering and simulcasting consultant to Breeders’ Cup. “New York was especially hard hit as NYRA was off $1.4 million (26%), Nassau OTB was down $1 million (56%), Yonkers down 50%, Suffolk OTB down (39%) and Catskill OTB down 38%.”
Still, the Breeders’ Cup was a hit in prime time for the first time on NBC, earning a rating final of 2.0, nearly double the Classic hour rating in 2011.
On Wednesday, the new NYRA chairman David Skorton, president of Cornell University, announced that all NYRA board meetings will be open to the public, the first to take place in Manhattan in December on a date not yet announced.
Overdriven, the once promising 2-year-old colt owned by St. John’s graduate Mike Repole, was bad in his return, finishing fourth in the $75,000 Mr. Nasty Stakes won by Sage Valley ($4.40). Overdriven won the first two starts of his career, including a four-length victory in the July 24, 2011, Sanford Stakes, before being sidelined with a variety of injuries.
Shackleford, the 2011 Preakness winner, will start one more time before he is retired — in either the Nov. 23 Clark Handicap at Churchill Downs or the Nov. 24 Cigar Mile at Aqueduct. “We’ve got to give him one more chance to go out a winner,” trainer Dale Romans said. Shackleford stumbled badly at the start of the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile before tiring to seventh.
TRIPPED UP: It’s been over a year since Genting opened the Racino at Aqueduct, which has been generating more money than Atlantic City, yet the roof on the race-track side of the facility is still leaking. more money than Atlantic City, yet the roof on the race-track side of the facility is still leaking. Garbage cans were collecting water throughout the facility on Friday.
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Stop scratching on holidays
Published: June 1, 2012
Off Track Betting in New York State has been racing into a crisis called shrinking revenue. Some people have spitballed a solution: Don’t close on holidays.
New York State Racing Law bars racing on Christmas, Easter and Palm Sunday, and the state has ruled OTBs can’t handle action on those days, even though they could easily broadcast races from out of state.
“You should be able to bet whenever you want,” said Jackson Leeds, a Nassau OTB employee who makes an occasional bet. He added some irrefutable logic: “How is the business going to make money if you’re not open to take people’s bets?”
Elias Tsekerides, president of the Federation of Hellenic Societies of Greater New York, said OTB is open on Greek Orthodox Easter and Palm Sunday.
“I don’t want discrimination,” Tsekerides said. “They close for the Catholics, but open for the Greek Orthodox? It’s either open for all or not open.”
OTB officials have said they lose millions by closing on Palm Sunday alone, with tracks such as Gulfstream, Santa Anita, Turf Paradise and Hawthorne running.
One option: OTBs could just stay open and face the consequences. New York City OTB did just that back in 2003. The handle was about $1.5 million – and OTB was fined $5,000.
Easy money.
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